I’m happy to see Dillmann get another chance in FR3.5, however, I hope it is not at the expense of Tom Blomqvist – it would be mad for him to have gone from beating Max Verstappen in FIA F3, to out of a drive completely. At 21, FR3.5 would have been a perfect step up for him – while Dillmann has just raced 2 years of GP2 over the last 3 (due to…[Read more]

I’m happy to see Dillmann get another chance in FR3.5, however, I hope it is not at the expense of Tom Blomqvist – it would be mad for him to have gone from beating Max Verstappen in FIA F3, to out of a drive completely. At 21, FR3.5 would have been a perfect step up for him – while Dillmann has just raced 2 years of GP2 over the last 3 (due to…[Read more]

They’ll have the Jagonya Ayam backing familiar from European F3 last year. So it’s no surprise to see Sean Gelael making the step up from that category – his father Ricardo is a director of Fastfood Indonesia which runs KFC franchises (and uses the Jagonya Ayam slogan).

Olivier Panis’s son Aurelian will step up to Formula Renault 3.5 next year with Tech 1. The 20-year-old has had a fairly unspectacular career so far, spending the last three years in Formula Renault 2.0, but he took a breakthrough Eurocup win in Moscow this year.

Sorensen should really try and stay in GP2. He has the chance I think to be a solid top-8 driver there, gaining good exposure, whereas he was disappointing in FR3.5 this year, as shown by the crash at Monza. If Evans and Marciello leave GP2, then the talent pool there will be reduced when compared to FR3.5, and Sorensen, Pic, Cecotto etc. could…[Read more]

Indeed, if Vandoorne (arguably already ready for F1) wins GP2 with DAMS, and de Vries wins FR3.5 with DAMS, what will McLaren do? They can’t really secure them drives elsewhere either, as when they tried that with Magnussen, Force India simply got a better deal with Perez instead, turning the tables on Whitmarsh and McLaren.

@bullfrog Indeed, if Vandoorne (arguably already ready for F1) wins GP2 with DAMS, and de Vries wins FR3.5 with DAMS, what will McLaren do? They can’t really secure them drives elsewhere either, as when they tried that with Magnussen, Force India simply got a better deal with Perez instead, turning the tables on Whitmarsh and McLaren.

@bullfrog Indeed, if Vandoorne (arguably already ready for F1) wins GP2 with DAMS, and de Vries wins FR3.5 with DAMS, what will McLaren do? They can’t really secure them drives elsewhere either, as when they tried that with Magnussen, Force India simply got a better deal with Perez instead, turning the tables on Whitmarsh and McLaren.

@bullfrog Indeed, if Vandoorne (arguably already ready for F1) wins GP2 with DAMS, and de Vries wins FR3.5 with DAMS, what will McLaren do? They can’t really secure them drives elsewhere either, as when they tried that with Magnussen, Force India simply got a better deal with Perez instead, turning the tables on Whitmarsh and McLaren.

Indeed @keithcollantine, but with over 500 tracks now released, it’s available. Greger Huttu and Roland Ehnstrom made it, well over ten years ago, with both winning respective ‘sim-racing world championships’ (Huttu: iRacing WDC, Ehnstrom: virtual WTCC) since then. Interestingly, Norbert Michelisz still holds GPL world records, and has won in the…[Read more]

Indeed @keithcollantine, but with over 500 tracks now released, it’s available. Greger Huttu and Roland Ehnstrom made it, well over ten years ago, with both winning respective ‘sim-racing world championships’ (Huttu: iRacing WDC, Ehnstrom: virtual WTCC) since then. Interestingly, Norbert Michelisz still holds GPL world records, and has won in the…[Read more]

The first driver market move for 2015 was somewhat predictable. McLaren development driver Nyck de Vries, fresh from his Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and ALPS title wins this year, will step up to Formula Renault 3.5 next season.

He’ll drive for champions DAMS who took Carlos Sainz Jnr an Kevin Magnussen to the previous two…[Read more]